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  • Obama Administration Releases E-Mails on Benghazi Account

    President Barack Obama called on Congress to “fully fund” his request to bolster security at U.S. diplomatic outposts as he sought to contain political fallout from last year’s deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya.

  • Sebelius Asks for Trouble in Seeking Donations

    Updated 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

    This week’s furor over the Internal Revenue Service’s selective scrutiny of Tea Party groups and the Justice Department’s secret collection of phone records from the Associated Press has obscured what may prove in the long run to be a more troubling ethical breach. Unable to secure funding from Congress to carry out the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has responded with a bizarre error in judgment.

  • Will Republicans Let Obama Have His Scandal?

    Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can’t leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that’s playing to their benefit. Yesterday, after having the weekend to think about it, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida puffed himself up and called on the president to “demand the IRS commissioner’s resignation, effectively immediately.”

  • Rising Revenue Undercuts Parties’ Tax-Spending Arguments

    Updated 3 hours, 28 minutes ago

    A shrinking U.S. federal deficit is undermining the favorite tax-and-spending arguments of both Republicans and Democrats.

  • Investigation Sought Over IRS Scrutiny of Anti-Tax Groups

    Updated 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    The Internal Revenue Service, under pressure to regulate political spending by nonprofit groups, now faces investigations into its scrutiny of some organizations seeking nonprofit status.

  • Clinton Won’t Be Hurt by Benghazi Controversy, Kaine Says

    Updated 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

    The controversy over Benghazi doesn’t rise to the level of scandal and won’t hurt Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for president, Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, said yesterday.

  • Heritage Immigration Fight Will Strengthen Conservatives

    Immigration reform is dividing conservative groups in Washington.

  • Obama Sees Health Care as Legacy Too Worthy to Resist

    Just weeks after his re-election, President Barack Obama summoned about 20 senior administration officials to the White House’s Roosevelt Room for an hour-long meeting on the implementation of his health-care law.

  • Congress Members Sprint for Money to Lobby After Election

    Looking to expand its lobbying and government affairs practice, Covington & Burling LLP turned to those who know Congress best: elected officials just finishing their terms on Capitol Hill.

  • The Republican `Permission Structure' for Racial Resentment

    To hear some conservatives tell it, the Republican Party's history on race relations is nothing to be ashamed of.

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